![]() We plan on shipping Banktivity 8.5 in early fall. New multi-tasking support in iPadOS lets you see two different views from the same (or different) document side-by-side. Screenshot of multi-tasking on iPadOS 15. Quick Note on iPadOS 15 with a link to a specific account. When we have less technological debt we are better positioned to develop new features and remain nimble in the event that we need to fulfill some unforeseen requirement. While I know these features don’t have to do with managing your finances per se, they do help us eliminate some technological debt. For example, Banktivity 8.5 will support Hand-off, Quick Note, and improved multi-tasking features on iPadOS. Our engineering team has also been working on some deep foundational changes to allow us to adopt new Apple technologies and new features. Please don’t think all of our resources have just been put into supporting the new operating systems. Regardless, as I hope you’ve learned by now, we are committed to supporting the latest operating systems from Apple as quickly as possible. Of course, given we don’t know exactly when these will drop, consider this a goal and not a promise. We’ve been testing Banktivity 8 on these new operating systems and we plan to fully support them on the first day they are out. We are quickly approaching the month(s) when we expect Apple to release iOS 15 and macOS Monterey. If you have additional questions about upgrading, please take a look at this page we put together. In addition to converting over your time, you also get all of the great new features and functionality in Banktivity 8 like goals, new iOS apps, and more. Please note that when you upgrade to Banktivity 8 you can prorate your remaining legacy DA time to the new v8 subscription service (which includes Direct Access 2). If you are currently using Direct Access with Banktivity 5, 6, or 7 I strongly encourage you to upgrade to Banktivity 8. After we do that, we will keep the legacy service running long enough to let customers finish out their subscriptions. Our plan is stop selling subscriptions to DA 1 sometime between now and the end of the year. The first phase of discontinuing legacy Direct Access will be to stop selling subscriptions to it in our older versions of Banktivity (versions 5, 6, and 7). We built Direct Access 2 to continue moving us forward using best practices for security, user experience, and importantly, to work with the latest technologies from our backend providers. However, during that time technology and security have marched forward. Our legacy Direct Access infrastructure has served us well and has been going strong for about 10 years. The future of Direct Access is Direct Access 2. For those customers that have existing DA 1 connections, we will be releasing a built-in assistant that walks you through converting your connections to DA 2. Moving DA 2 out of beta marked a significant milestone in our roadmap as we can now begin the process of phasing out our legacy Direct Access system.įor new customers, or really, any customer setting up an account for the first time, Banktivity will now establish a connection to your bank using Direct Access 2. In July we officially took DA 2 out of beta and made it the default for all new connections setup within Banktivity. In addition to improved reliability, better security, and user experience, DA 2 also supports connecting to banks in the UK and EU. We released a beta version of Direct Access 2, our next-generation connectivity service, in May of 2021. With the release of Banktivity 8 and our switch to subscription in October 2020, we bundled Direct Access in with all subscriptions levels. ![]() ![]() Up until we released Banktivity 8, Direct Access was an add-on subscription service that users could optionally buy. Direct Access Updateĭirect Access is our technology that allows you to connect your accounts to your banks and automatically download transactions. With summer now almost behind us, I want to give an update on two major topics: 1) Direct Access and 2) support for Apple’s forthcoming iOS 15 and macOS Monterey. ![]()
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